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Chicken-Sitting L.A.'s Latest Trend?

Anywhere you find pets, you'll also find professional pet-sitters. And we're not just talking dogs and cats. More and more, Angelenos are keeping chickens around. So naturally, we now have chicken sitters. Sure, it's a little weird, but it pays.

Thank you to Susy Guerrero of USC's Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism for providing the footage.

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The photo associated with this post is of Rosey the chicken with her sitter Penelope. (Credit: Will Merydith/Flickr/Creative Commons License)

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